... ;,"" Carson McCullers utilizes distortion of literary reality to impart her lessons and thoughts concerning love to the reader. McCullers usage of distortion ultimately moves the story from a simplistic narrative about social misfits to an allegory dealing with very complex and abstract emotions. Once the reader comes to realize the lessons embedded in McCullers' distorted characters and narration, it elicits a ... sets the story beginning in the relative present and frequently jumping back to points in the past past, relating the previous and present interactions between the three freak...

• Word Count: 426
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate